Under pressure, B.C. Enacts a *Nearly* Universal Moratorium on Evictions
***For immediate release***
March 26th, 2020
Provincial Government enacts a nearly universal moratorium on evictions but leaves many questions left unanswered
VTU Calls on Province & City to Enact an Evictions Moratorium During Coronavirus Outbreak
Dear Minister Selina Robinson and Mayor Kennedy Stewart,
The Vancouver Tenants Union and other organizations are calling for an immediate moratorium on all evictions in light of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Read moreVancouver Tenants Union Creates Fund For Multilingual Tenant Organizing
[Solheim Place tenants in April, 2019 Photo Credit: Nat Lowe]
July 7, 2019
VTU members voted unanimously in favour of a new “Language Access Fund”
Read moreTenants and Advocates from across BC Urge Province to Implement Vacancy Control
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2018
Today the BC Rental Housing Task Force announced its recommendations after consulting with tenants province wide. The following groups are extremely concerned that vacancy control, the policy of limiting rent increases between tenancies, is not one of the recommendations put forward by the task force.